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Thread ID: 140545	2015-10-30 19:48:00	Locked Out Of Win7 Computer	zqwerty (97)	Press F1

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1410688	2015-10-30 19:48:00	Foolishly I followed wainuitech's instructions to Poppa John in this thread: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz as follows: "net user administrator /active:yes <Press Enter>" I then rebooted, and couldn't notice any difference so I then used the instruction: "net user administrator /active:no" to get things back to how they were, so I thought! Then thought no more about it, went on using the computer for the rest of the evening, then put it into sleep mode. However this morning when I come to log in I get message saying that the Administrator has disabled this account and so can no longer use computer! Annoying and I suppose it means that I must have been using the Hidden Administrator account all along. I set this Win7 computer from scratch and I don't remember doing that, I knew that a Hidden Administrator existed but was not aware that I was using it on this Win7 computer. So what to do? I could brute force my way in using a password disk but as I have found this makes one lose the original account, so would rather not do that. Am using my Win8 computer now and have a busy weekend ahead so won't be able to give my full attention to this problem until after the weekend, would appreciate any suggestions. This will teach me not to mess around with my best computer to experiment with things I'm not familiar with lol.	zqwerty (97)
1410689	2015-10-30 20:36:00	Foolishly I followed wainuitech's instructions to Poppa John in this thread: Not my fault if the Admin account was already in use and it was disabled. There was a warning at the end of the post about activating it. BUT word of warning - if in that you can do a lot of damage that the standard other account wouldn't let you do. Theres a simple fix though ( usually) simply run system restore back to before it was altered. This is of course as long as system restore had not been turned off, again, many people disable it and actually make things harder for them selves. Follow the instructions: for W7: Start the computer in safe mode with Command prompt, when starting keep tapping F8, with the arrow keys select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. When the Prompt opens, type in rstrui.exe <Press Enter> after a few moments as long as restore is working and was active the normal window will open, work through and select a time before the alterations, afterwards should boot as normal. If for some reason that doesn't work there's other options.	wainuitech (129)
1410690	2015-10-30 22:18:00	wainuitech, I wasn't for a moment suggesting or even implying that you were in any way to blame for what I did. I always like to try out suggestions put up on PressF1 that intrigue me and learn a lot by doing this. However in this case I have been caught out by my own impetuousness and absolutely recognize that you gave the warning that I read, I don't think I did anything wrong (ie typing mistake or finger trouble [PEBCAK]) it's just that in the end I shut down the Administrator account (the Hidden one) that it seems I was using all along, LOL. Thanks for the suggestion, I will try that as soon as I can set up another station with the Win7 unit and time permits. Pretty sure my System Restore is on.	zqwerty (97)
1410691	2015-10-30 22:42:00	Haha couldn't wait, had to try your suggestion wainuitech. Well even though it seemed as if System Restore had completed when I went out of safe mode with cmd and tried to log in, still no go. But I thought why don't I just put "net user administrator /active:yes" in at the command prompt in Safe Mode, which I did and after rebooting I could log in (YAY) but got a message saying that System Restore could not find an essential file and so had terminated or words to that effect. But it doesn't matter because I can once more use my best and speediest computer without hindrance. Thank you very much wainuitech, very much appreciated.	zqwerty (97)
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